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Who was Archibald Hendry's wife?
« on: Sunday 24 November 19 13:11 GMT (UK) »
In the 1910 census of Brooklyn are Archibald Hendry, aged 47, born Scotland, immigrated 1888, naturalised 1892,  with wife Mary, 34, born Ireland, immigrated 1889, and son Harry, 9, born New York. By 1920 Archibald is enumerated as a widower.

I have Archibald's birth and parentage, 1871 (UK), 1881 (UK), 1900 (USA), 1910 (USA) and 1920 (USA) census, his naturalisation, and his date of death, 2 March 1930 in Brooklyn. 

In 1900 Mary's birth date is listed as July 1867 and her age 32, and her date of immigration is 1888.

Can anyone point me at any record, please, that will tell me Mary's maiden surname, so that I can look for her in immigration records and Irish records?

(NB She is not the Mary McIntyre, born Co Meath, Ireland, married to Archibald Henry, who died in Chicago on 3 August 1928. That one is in the 1900 census in Illinois with husband Archibald, born Virginia, and four children including Veronica, born 1898, who is presumably the daughter ....co Henery Toman who died in Chicago in 1916 aged 17.)
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Re: Who was Archibald Hendry's wife?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 24 November 19 13:31 GMT (UK) »
Were Mary and Archibald together in 1900?* Have you looked for a birth record for the son or a marriage record for them? Either at the usual places, familysearch or ancestry, or here:

https://italiangen.org/databases/  (Includes all NYC records, not just for Italian families.)

I just finished a family in Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Eagle is online and a lot of city directories. This link should get you in the neighborhood of them anyway:

https://bklyn.newspapers.com/browse/The%20Brooklyn%20Daily%20Eagle_1890

* Edit: they must have been, right, or you wouldn't have her, since you dont have her maiden name.

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Re: Who was Archibald Hendry's wife?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 24 November 19 13:58 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, oldohiohome. I was able to pick up a couple of new snippets, including son Harry's marriage, from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, but nothing on the marriage of Archibald and Mary.

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Re: Who was Archibald Hendry's wife?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 24 November 19 14:04 GMT (UK) »
This looks like the death for Mary, as it lists her husband as Archie:  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F69X-529

This version has her parents as Patrick & Catherine Walsh:  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WN3-W8M


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Re: Who was Archibald Hendry's wife?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 24 November 19 14:08 GMT (UK) »
The burial search for Greenwood Cemetery has Mary Hendry who died in 1911 & Archibald who died in 1930 in the same grave:  https://www.green-wood.com/burial_search/

Here's Mary's death notice from the Brooklyn Standard Union:  https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39536134/mary_hendry_death_notice/

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Re: Who was Archibald Hendry's wife?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 24 November 19 14:40 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, shellyesq. I have no idea why this did not come up when I tried FamilySearch, but I am glad that you did whatever you did that I didn't do in the search.

She does seem to have been a bit uncertain of exactly when she was born.
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